Wordle 1961 Hint

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First Letter: V

Thanks For Asking! -- 11/01/26

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Applicable(?) Aphorisms #43

   "Silence is the fence around wisdom." (Judaism, Pirkei Avot 3:13)

True, false, good, bad, useful, not so useful, etc.? Discuss.

My thoughts:

I guess the most clever way to handle this one would be to say nothing at all about it.

And an obvious knee-jerk retort comes directly from the Bible, specifically Proverbs 17:28: "Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise."

The rabbinical explanations for the aphorism go in a different direction -- keeping silence gives one time to think the matter through instead of just spouting off with something incorrect, and makes time for listening while doing that thinking.

And that's all I have to say about that.